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" \n\tAs spring training continues in Florida and Arizona, Athlon Sports offers its thoughts on all the offseason movement. Here are the best free agent signings in Major League Baseball for 2013:\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\tMike Adams, Philadelphia Phillies\n\t\n\t\t2 years, $12,000,000\n\t\n\t\tLast year Philadelphia\u2019s set-up men blew 15 saves. Adams has blown just 11 in the last five seasons and should solve the Phils\u2019 eighth-inning woes.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tMichael Bourn, Cleveland Indians\n\t\t\t4 years, $48,000,000\n\t\t\tThe Indians certainly were the beneficiaries of a shrinking market late in the offseason. Bourn, one of the best defensive center fielders in the game, immediately makes the Cleveland pitching staff better. While his efficiency stealing bases has declined the past few years, he has a .346 OBP over the past three seasons and will be the catalyst for the Indians' lineup. With a vesting option for 2017, this contract will likely end up being a five-year, $60 million deal, which will make it look even better. It\u2019s backloaded as Bourn will make just seven million this season.\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tKyuji Fujikawa, Chicago Cubs\n\t\n\t\t2 years, $9,500,000\n\t\n\t\tIt\u2019s always difficult to project how Japanese pitchers will fare in the U.S. Hideki Irabu was not very good; Dice-K\u2019s success was short-lived; Yu Darvish is off to a great start. But Fujikawa owns 510 Ks and only a combined 316 hits and walks in six seasons in Japan. By the end of this deal, he should be ranked fifth on the Cubs\u2019 all-time saves list.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tZack Greinke, Los Angeles Dodgers\n\t\n\t\t6 years, $147,000,000\n\t\n\t\tThe former American League Cy Young winner will begin to understand the pressure that a $147 million contract brings, but he enters the best situation to succeed of his career. He should get solid run support and will make about half his starts in a terrific pitcher\u2019s park.&amp;nbsp;\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tDan Haren, Washington Nationals\n\t\n\t\t1 year, $13,000,000\n\t\n\t\tHaren was not fully healthy in 2012, the first season he logged fewer than 216 innings since becoming a full-time starter in 2005. He will round out one of the top rotations in baseball.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tRoberto Hernandez, Tampa Bay Rays\n\t\n\t\t1 year, $3,250,000\n\t\n\t\tPerformed under the stage name of Fausto Carmona for several years in Cleveland. He made just three starts last season and is 33\u201351 with a 5.06 ERA over the past five seasons. However, given some time with pitching coach Jim Hickey, perhaps Hernandez can rekindle his career.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tTorii Hunter, Detroit Tigers\n\t\n\t\t2 years, $26,000,000\n\t\n\t\tIn the Tigers\u2019 lineup, his bat will be a bonus as he improves the outfield defense. Hunter is the type of player the city of Detroit will love.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tHisashi Iwakuma, Seattle Mariners\n\t\n\t\t2 years, $14,000,000\n\t\n\t\tIwakuma joined the Mariners\u2019 rotation in July and made 16 starts. Over his last 13 starts he had a 2.16 ERA, and Seattle was 9\u20134 in those games. &amp;nbsp;\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tEdwin Jackson, Chicago Cubs\n\t\n\t\t4 years, $52,000,000\n\t\n\t\tThis four-year deal may finally end the nomadic portion of Jackson\u2019s career in which he played for six teams in the last five seasons. During that time, he\u2019s averaged 32 starts, 199 innings, 12 wins and a 4.06 ERA. His record tends to reflect his team\u2019s, so don\u2019t expect him to be better than .500 for his first few seasons in Chicago.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tHiroki Kuroda, New York Yankees \n\t\n\t\t1 year, $15,000,000\n\t\n\t\tIt\u2019s surprising that Kuroda didn\u2019t get a multi-year deal. He and CC Sabathia anchor the Yankees\u2019 pitching staff.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tJames Loney, Tampa Bay Rays \n\t\n\t\t1 year, $2,000,000\n\t\n\t\tThe slick-fielding first baseman could be the latest offensive reclamation in Tampa Bay. His defense alone at first base is worth the $2 million.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tHiroyuki Nakajima, Oakland Athletics \n\t\n\t\t2 years, $6,500,000\n\t\n\t\tThe .300 hitter from Japan is a much cheaper (and better?) option than Stephen Drew if the A\u2019s had picked up Drew\u2019s $10 million option.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tDavid Ortiz, Boston Red Sox \n\t\n\t\t2 years, $26,000,000\n\t\n\t\tExpect Big Papi\u2019s production to drop. But he\u2019s a fan favorite, and $11 million in 2014 isn\u2019t going to hamstring the team. This is a good gamble.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tAngel Pagan, San Francisco Giants \n\t\n\t\t4 years, $40,000,000\n\t\n\t\tThe fleet center fielder sparked the Giants\u2019 offense during the pennant drive last season, including scoring 32 runs in August.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tJake Peavy, Chicago White Sox \n\t\n\t\t2 years, $29,000,000\n\t\n\t\tOnly five times last season did a pitcher throw nine or more innings, give up three runs or fewer and lose. That happened to Peavy twice. The righthander agreed to these terms in lieu of a $4 million buyout.&amp;nbsp;\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tAndy Pettitte, New York Yankees \n\t\n\t\t1 year, $12,000,000\n\t\n\t\tThe aging lefty made two quality starts in the postseason in 2012, giving the Yankees confidence that there\u2019s one more season left in the old vet.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tA.J. Pierzynski, Texas Rangers \n\t\n\t\t1 year, $7,500,000\n\t\n\t\tA catcher who can hit and answers the bell every day is worth $7.5 million.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tMark Reynolds, Cleveland Indians \n\t\n\t\t1 year, $6,000,000\n\t\n\t\tThis is a low-risk, medium-reward play for Cleveland, and Reynolds\u2019 right-handed raw power will probably make it pay off for the Tribe.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tMariano Rivera, New York Yankees \n\t\n\t\t1 year, $10,000,000\n\t\n\t\tNever bet against the Sandman.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tHyun-Jin Ryu, Los Angeles Dodgers \n\t\n\t\t6 years, $36,000,000\n\t\n\t\tEven considering the $25.7 million posting fee, Ryu stands to be a good bargain as a No. 4 starter for the Dodgers making just $10 million over the next three seasons in addition to his $5 million signing bonus. With the Dodgers\u2019 win-at-all-costs mentality, this is not an outlandish contract.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tMarco Scutaro, San Francisco Giants \n\t\n\t\t3 years, $20,000,000\n\t\n\t\tIt\u2019s too much to expect Scutaro to continue to hit .362 as he did down the stretch for the Giants last season. But over the past four years, he has batted .290 with a .356 OBP.&amp;nbsp;\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\t\n\t\tNick Swisher, Cleveland Indians \n\t\n\t\t4 years, $56,000,000\n\t\n\t\tIn a free agent market short on outfielders, the Indians may have paid a little too much. But Swisher will be a big part of any success the Indians have under manager Terry Francona.\n\t\n\t\t\u00A0\n\n\n\tRELATED: Worst MLB Free Agent Signings of 2013\n\n\tRELATED: Baseball's Worst Free Agent Signings Ever\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\u00A0\n\n\tWant more baseball? Check out Athlon Sports' 2013 Baseball Annual for the most complete preview available. Order your copy now!&amp;nbsp;\n "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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